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April 25th is National Zucchini Bread Day!

Happy National Zucchini Bread Day!

Here are today’s five food finds about Zucchini:

A zucchini has more potassium than a banana.

The word zucchini comes from ‘zucca’ the Italian word for squash.

Biggest is NOT best. The most flavorful zucchinis are small- to medium-sized.

According to World’s Healthiest Foods Nutrition info, nutrients and vitamins found in zucchini can help prevent cancer and heart disease.

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The flower of the zucchini plant is also edible.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole.*
1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born.
1945 Stu Cook of the music group ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’ was born.
1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26)

Categories: April Food Holidays, Daily Food History, Food Facts, Food Holidays, Today's Food History

Tagged: april food holidays, Food Holiday, National Food Holiday, zucchini bread, Zucchini Bread Day

April 25th is National Zucchini Bread Day!

Here are today’s five food finds about Zucchini:

A zucchini has more potassium than a banana.

The word zucchini comes from ‘zucca’ the Italian word for squash.

Biggest is NOT best. The most flavorful zucchinis are small- to medium-sized.

According to World’s Healthiest Foods Nutrition info, nutrients and vitamins found in zucchini can help prevent cancer and heart disease.

The flower of the zucchini plant is also edible.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole.*
1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born.
1945 Stu Cook of the music group ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’ was born.
1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26)

Categories: April Food Holidays, Daily Food History, Food Facts, Food Holidays, Today's Food History

Tagged: april food holidays, Food Holiday, National Food Holiday, zucchini bread, Zucchini Bread Day

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National Zucchini Bread Day

Five Food Finds about Zucchini

A zucchini has more potassium than a banana.

The word zucchini comes from ‘zucca’ the Italian word for squash.

Biggest is NOT best. The most flavorful zucchinis are small- to medium-sized.

According to World’s Healthiest Foods Nutrition info, nutrients and vitamins found in zucchini can help prevent cancer and heart disease.

The flower of the zucchini plant is also edible.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1856 Charles Luttwedge Dodgson met a little girl named Alice Liddell. Alice had a penchant for consuming unknown (and apparently psychoactive) food, pills and liquids that she found while exploring a very large rabbit hole.

1932 Meadowlark Lemon, basketball star, was born.

1945 Stu Cook of the music group ‘Creedence Clearwater Revival’ was born.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opened. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Its completion opened the heart of Americas industrial and agricultural areas to ocean going vessels for shipping. (The official opening ceremony is June 26)

Categories: April Food Holidays, Food Holidays

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Zucchini

John-Bryan Hopkins

The zucchini (pronounced /zuːˈkiːni/) or courgette (/kʊǝrˈʒɛt/ or [kɔːˈʒɛt]) is a small summer squash. Along with some other squashes, it belongs to the species Cucurbita pepo. Zucchini is the more common name in North America, Australia, Germany and Italy (zucchina/e), while courgette is more commonly used in Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, France, the Netherlands and South Africa. Zucchini can be yellow, green or light green, and generally have a similar shape to a ridged cucumber, though a few cultivars are available that produce round or bottle-shaped fruit. In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable, which means it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, however, the zucchini is an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of…